Monday, June 2, 2008

Okay...bear with me...I had to share! Plus I know some of you get a kick out of seeing these bargains or have jumped into the CVS-ing...perhaps these can give you some ideas!!! Later this morning I promise to post something filled with pictures and random details of our weekend and my sweet girls....

Saturday PM--A lovely cashier clued me in on the fact that the next weeks ECB deals would be activated between 8 and 9 Saturday night...so I decided to try it out since all three of these deals involved a coupon that expired 5/31. Let me tell you...it was a GREAT trip!

Transaction #1

3 4 pks. AAA Duracell batteries

1 Bounty 8 roll pack

1 Charmin 9 roll pack

**3 x $.75 off duracell

$1 off bounty

$1 off charmin

$5/$15 CVS coupon

Paid with a $10 ECB and $1.05 oop

Earned $10 ECBs!

Transaction #2

2 Pampers baby dry

**$2/2 Pampers coupon

$5/15 CVS coupon

Paid with $9 ECB and $.12 oop

No ECBs earned...but hang on, they're coming!!!

Transaction #3

1 Chex mix

2 Dawn dish soaps

2 Ellin Lavar hair products (this was a May deal)

2 Pampers wipes

**$1 off chex mix IP coupon

$.25 dawn coupon

$2/2 pampers coupon

$5/2 Ellin lavar CVS coupon

$5/15 coupon

Paid with $5 ECB and $.93 oop

Earned $10 ECBs (making up for a few I lost in transaction #2...but hold on tight...there's more to come in Sunday's transactions!)

Transaction #4 (yes...I did four transaction at the same store...because the cashier was so nice...and the store was fairly empty!)

3 Chex mix

3 Fabreeze air effects

1 Fabreeze fabric refresher

2 Dawn dish soaps

**3 x $1 off chex IP coupons

$.50 fabreeze fabric refresher coupon

$.50 fabreeze air effects coupon

$5/$15 CVS coupon

Paid with $5 ECB and $.71 oop

Earned $6 ECBs

Now onto Sunday...I decided to take advantage of the monthly deals before the $5/$15 coupon expired...I started the morning with $23 in ECBs and ended the day with $42...so I'd say it was a good day!

Store #1--killing time while we waited for the nearby Sprint store to open to get a new phone...

Transaction #1

1 Oral B Cross-action 2 pack

1 CVS band-aid

2 softlips 2 pks.

**$1/2 softlips coupon (received because I called customer service and asked if they had coupons--they also sent me a coupon for a free Rohto eye product...which you'll see later!)

$5/$15 coupon

Paid with $10 ECB and $1.10 oop

Earned $10.98 ECBs

Transaction #2

2 Listerine SmartRinse

1 Oral B Cross-action 2 pack

1 CVS band-aid

**2 x $1 listerine coupons

$5/$15 CVS coupon

Paid with $11 ECBs and $1.17 oop

Earned $15.96 ECSs

Store #2--Mike was still working...we were a bit stir crazy...those $5/$15 coups and monthly deals were staring at me...so we loaded up the stroller and headed out to finish off the monthlies!

Transaction #1

1 CVS 500 count cotton swabs

2 CVS 625 count cotton swabs (they only had one 500 count left--in retrospect, I would have bought 2 625 counts and 1 more CVS band-aid--since the limit is apparently more than the 2 listed in the ad!)

Not only did I "make" quite a few ECBs...but I also brought home some good stuff. Many of those baby washes will be headed out the door to bless some friends very soon...as will some q-tips...toothpaste and brushes. How fun to get things for pennies on the dollar and use them to be a blessing to others! Total out of pocket $9.24...and I have $42 ECBs to use and "roll" throughout the month...that means I paid less than the regular cost of one of those packs of Pampers and got all of this merchandise to use and pass on to others...PLUS I almost doubled my ECBs. CVS definitely works for me!

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